nipper

NO computer problem. It can be a bad coil, or a bad ignitor. The coil is much cheaper to replace. What happens is that whateveritis gets hot, the electrical insulation (coil) or a internal solder joint (ignitor or the thing in the distrubutor) opens up, and the car dies. Since the ignitor tends to drive you nuts with no rhyme or reason, replace the coil first and see what happens. Also since it fails and stays failed while hot, you can check for a signal from the (I cant believe I cant remeber what its called) thingy in the distrubutor is sending a signal to the ignitor or not. nipper

Or a bad ecu. nipper

OK lets take this back to basics. Power wash the underside of the engine with a de greaser. Unless they do this they can't really say its a bad a head gasket. Some HG's will ooze a little oil, and its not a big deal. I drove a car for 5 years with a weaping HG. I think you are in the same boat i was once. I had a wet HG on my fathers BuicK for 6 years. Everyone said it needed replacing, but it wasnt over heating, wasnt loosing oil, so no need to replace it. So just poltily say "i will look into that" and move on. nipper

Of course he may just need new freinds nipper

Make sure you measure a good tire, then match up a tire with it. Otherwise that will come back to bite you in the tail later on. nipper

General rule of thumb, if it ran before you messed with it, then something you did is keeping it from running. It's quite common to get the timming off on these engines, go back and tripple check. nipper

In california, especially San Francisco, your parking brake must work. It makes sens in PA since on a hill your supposed to use the parking brake with a manual or automatic. In SF you can a ticket for not using your parking brake. There may be other states that have it as a requirement. Most the time just using the parking brake will avoid it from getting rusty. You may mock it untill your car gets hit by someone with a failed parking brake (I have). nipper

Fuel tank is a subaru thing (and happens on other cars too). You need to remove the senders and clean them with a hard pencil eraser (tried a soft one, it didnt work), The wiper can be a bad internal switch in the wiper motor, or a bad ground. Run a new grounbd for the motor and see if it works first, Of course there is the possability that you have it on intermitent. nipper

I really see nothing there to complain about except for timing. 3 of the 5 are saftey items, and if you include the leaking flex joint, thats a saftey item too. nipper

Miine look pretty good. If the weather holds ill get under Blu and take some pics. nipper

Then that will work. Make sure the inside diameter is very close to the diameter of the cradle bolts. Whis way the spacers wont shift. nipper

Ice is Ice is Ice. Short of studded snow tires, nothing is going to help. Once the car starts sliding sideways, all bets are off. This is not like rain where if you release the brakes, or release the throttle, tires will regain traction. They wont. Sleet or slush is just as bad as ice. nipper

Well the lift kit i have they are just generic pipe like spacers. I can get you a pic if you want. nipper

Air bags wont go off for every impact, as they are calibrated for a specific kind of shock wave. You hit the tree in the weakest part of the bumper, between the two supports. They arent calibrated for what is a single point impact at such a low speed. i'm glad no one was hurt. nipper

SUbarus are not fancy engines, they are just plain simple folk, and like thier plugs plain and simple. NGK's, and you do know you did answer your own question nipper

what? not tuesday at 230 pm? hehehehehe

The 19th so far is not good for me, any other seems fine. nipper

Arthritis doesnt happen over night either, it creeps up on you. Ever wake up stiff in the morning (your joints people ... to many filthy minds), then feel better as the day goes on? So does rust in universal joints. Check them out. nipprt

It should vary between 0.1 to 0.9 volts once the car is in closed loop mode. Just revving the engine may not be enough to get a variation. There should be some movement, but then again, depsnding upon the sampling rate of the multimeter your using, and weather or not its analog, you may not see it. Hold the engine at the rpm and see if it moves. If your using an analog meter and not seeing the change, it can be a sluggish sensor. When the engine is cold the output will be a steady 0.1-0.2 volts, so at leats we know its warmed up. I am a really big fan (ok i insist upon it) for the front sensor to OE from subaru. They have a differnt response time then Aftermarket (even if they are from the same supplier). nipper

Brakes are really easy and can be done yourself, and not for a lot of money. brakes on a sooby are mostly (easy) labor. The Tranny service you can do yourself, so now we just cut the price in half. Maint is not a reason to ditch a car, because unless you are buying a brand new replacement, your going to hit the same bills anyway (not to mention sales tax, tags, etc). nipper

Yes. nipper

Check your universal joints in the drive shaft, I wonder if one is in the process of seizing. Check your tranny mount, and your CV joints too. nipper

I agree, especially with the time to schlep the old oil around. nipper

So whats the staus of this? do i need to get Blu all nice and pretty nipper

Yes, it tells the computer how much load the engine is under. The higher the load (lets say going up a hill or passing) the lower the vaccum. Its very imporatnt. nipper